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stop the williams pipeline

The Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) Pipeline is a fracked gas pipeline that was proposed by Tulsa-based energy company Williams and defeated by grassroots activists and people power in May 2020. It would have run through Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and the waters off of Staten Island, Brooklyn, and the Rockaways.

 

STOP WILLIAMS NESE PIPELINE: 2021

Almost a year after our grassroots activism defeated the Williams NESE Pipeline, Transco is trying to bring the project back from the dead!

On March 19, 2021, Transco requested a two-year extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build the pipeline and get it in service.

Both New York and New Jersey have resoundingly said no to this pipeline and rejected needed permits, but Williams said they would reapply in both states this year, and need FERC to extend the clock.

Tell FERC Chairperson Glick and all the FERC Commissioners to deny Williams its extension request and stop the pipeline for good!

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Why oppose?

There are a several reasons why the Williams NESE pipeline would be harmful.

Read our downloadable fact sheets below.

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climate change

Fracked gas adds to the climate crisis. As the UN reported, we have less than twelve years left to find renewable solutions, and we must start acting now.

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harm to human health

The seabed that would be trenched for this pipeline contains toxic substances like arsenic, lead, and PCBs that would end up in our water.

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extremely expensive

The pipeline is projected to cost almost a billion dollars—which could end up being shouldered by consumers.

NYCHA: RENEWABLE HEAT NOW!

NYCHA buildings have struggled with heating problems over the last several winters, yet these problems have nothing to do with access to gas…

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safety

Williams and its subsidiary Transco have a terrible safety record. Over the last decade, six people have died and 102 have been injured because of Williams-related accidents.

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harm to marine life

In addition to churning up toxins into the sea water, construction would take place seven days a week, producing noise and water turbidity that would threaten sea creatures such as Humpback whales, sea turtles and the endangered Atlantic sturgeon.

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better, renewable options

The renewable economy is already here. Solutions like offshore wind, community solar, and geothermal and heat pumps are being developed right in our backyard.

 

WHERE WOULD IT BE?

The Williams NESE project would include

  • 23 miles of offshore pipeline in Raritan Bay and Lower New York Bay
  • 3.5 miles of pipeline in Middlesex County, NJ
  • 10 miles of pipeline in Lancaster County, PA
  • a new compressor station in a residential section of Somerset County, NJ

All of this would connect in Pennsylvania with another Williams pipeline, the 10,200-mile Transco pipeline, which begins in Texas. The section in New York Bay would come within a mile and a half of Staten Island before continuing on to connect with the Rockaway Lateral pipeline, which runs under Jacob Riis Park and Jamaica Bay in the Rockaways .

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watch

Watch the new video about the fight against the Williams Pipeline

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